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Telecasts · NFL

Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Nielsen average audience: 21,000,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2026-01-03 Saturday
Networks
ABC · ESPN
Away
Buccaneers
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Panthers
21,000,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-01-07

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
21,000,000
Panthers-Buccaneers led in with 21 million. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NFL 2025 season

Week 18 of 18 · 32nd of 80 published NFL figures in the 2025 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-31 01:08 UTC
NFL 2025 season ledger

Prior-season comparable

17,300,000
Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens
2025-01-04 · ESPN · ABC · ESPN+ · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+21.4% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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